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20 June 2013
Issue: 7565 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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Ian Truscott QC—Simpson & Marwick

Experienced addition to Scottish firm

Ian Truscott QC has joined Scottish legal firm Simpson & Marwick as a partner. He will work across the firm’s offices in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow, as well as London. Ian was called to the Bar in Scotland in 1988 and took silk in 1997. He has chaired the employment law group of the Law Society of Scotland since 1980 and is also a member of the Bar of England and Wales and has served as a part-time employment judge. His extensive case work has included the Piper Alpha Inquiry and Ocean Odyssey Inquiry.

Issue: 7565 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

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Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team

DWF—Chris Air

DWF—Chris Air

Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment

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The Law Society has urged ministers to hold a public consultation on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the justice system as a whole
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